Help settle a streaming argument!


This is a SQ argument and is as follows-  I argue if you connect your streamer to an outboard DAC the streamer does not matter it’s just serving the music to the outboard DAC to do the work.  Therefore, buy a basic streamer.  The other is that you need to buy a top quality streamer and DAC to get great SQ. 
 

I liken it to cd players or the more pretentious cd transport argument- if the intent is to connect to outboard DAC the cd player doesn’t matter the outboard DAC DOES!
 

features and functionality aside!  Thoughts…..

polkalover

I like to drive fast but prefer V4 car with turbo to V6 car, which I also have but do not use it often. V8 feels somehow better but, for me, it is completely unjustified, and anti-ecological

.... or you can drive a performance electric car, and get the best of both worlds. Amazing (horse)power, and instant / powerfull torque (and not anti-ecological)

 

I somehow missed the electric cars, a good point. They are closer to  class D amplifiers.  Perhaps, future Class X amplifiers will be conceptually closer to the electric cars? And yes, if i buy another car, it can be a performance electric car.  For the moment, I see one major obstacle, the number of miles that one can run with a single charge of the battery. 

For the moment, I see one major obstacle, the number of miles that one can run with a single charge of the battery. 

You can install a charger at home and it's like having your own private gas station in your house. Full "tank of gas" every morning. Unless your daily commute is hundreds of miles obviously. Better yet, free charging at work (car charges itself while you are working). Or plenty of fast DC chargers all over the place (where I live). Not an issue